John Cooper Clarke
Poet
1949-01-25
Quotes by John Cooper Clarke
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I went to what can only be described as a slum school in Salford - rough and full of trainee punks - but I was very lucky in that I had one inspiring teacher, John Malone, who gave the whole class an interest in romantic poetry.
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When I sit down to eat, the greatest spice of all is hunger.
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The greatest threat to any artist is surrounding themselves with people who love everything they do.
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I never saw a painting that would not be improved by the addition of tropical fish.
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To make the hips the focal point of a pair of trousers is, to me, a fashion mistake.
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A much underrated garment, the jegging: they never need ironing and they hold their colour.
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I got to play The Vortex in London with the Buzzcocks, the Fall, me and Johnny Thunders And The Heartbreakers. That was a serious Manchester night.
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I'm a great believer in the capsule wardrobe - a wardrobe where's there's a limited palate of black colours.
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Where's the mileage in an autobiography? Anyone who writes one inevitably casts themselves as a hero, and I'm not about to do that.
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